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yes they did lose lots of talent, but lets not forget, a guy like lewis was more effective from a motivational standpoint lastyear than actually on the field. ed reed has had a hall of fame career, but his body has been falling apart and he may not even be ready for opening day with the texans, and i have heard talk how they may give him some games off throughout they year.

krueger and boldin were pretty tough loses, as was ellerby, but they did sign dumervill who is really good when healthy, they also signed chris canty who while not a all pro by any means is still very solid and can be effective for that ravens line, and they still do have ray rice, joe flacco, and torri smith, pita and dickson.

im sure someone will come in and fill boldins shoes. we see it all the time in the nfl.

i deff agree with us making the playoffs, because if not now, then when? however, i do feel people are taking baltimore lightly this season due to all the losses in offseason. they still got a top 5 qb in joe flacco imo.

I agree with his thought of the Broncos, Texans, Patriots and the Bengals winning their respective divisions. I also agree with him about Baltimore falling out of the playoff picture, though I am 50/50 on his Colts prediction. I do think the Colts over achieved last year but I still think they have to be one of the favorites for a wildcard spot. I think he is over hyping the Steelers a bit and he is right that Miami will be in the thick of the wildcard race.

ESPN Mark Schlereth: Precits Phins make playoffs

Originally Posted by registeredguy

"Surprise team" will be KC, not Buffalo.

The Bills, are you kidding me? That team is a trainwreck.

My thought exactly. Buff has waay too many problems to be considered a playoff team. My guess would be Mia/KC would be taking the wildcard spot. Btw Indi was def a fraud team last yr, too soft a sched/chuckstrong= 11-5 rec

The Phins have quite a bit of young, albeit, unproven talent. This season will reveal much about Philbin's future as a HC in the NFL.
With a coach like Shula this team wins the division. I actually like our roster better than the Pats, Tom Brady not withstanding.
Assuming Philbin is as promising a HC as some of us believe, and Tannehill develops into a good QB, there is no reason to believe they can't challenge for the division. RT doesn't have to be as good as Brady, he just simply has to be good.
There has been a lot of activity in the offseason, so the Phins are one of the most difficult teams to handicap. However, if a team like the Bills has a better season, then they should just blow this all up and start over.

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